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1982Final results

1982 election for Texas House District 21

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Mark Stiles (D) won with 63.1% of the vote, defeating Joe Brady (R) by 26.1 points.

Mark StilesDemocrat · winner
63.1%14,443
Joe BradyRepublican
36.9%8,457
22,900 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+36.31980D+26.11982D+25.71986D+20.51992D+6.31998D+13.62000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET